Collar bar



'March Y36, 1935i. E, s, MIX 1,996,025

. COLLARA BAR Filedv April 5, 1.934

Patented Mar. 26., 1935 Edwin S.- Mix, Rochester, N. Y., assigner to l Hickok'Manufacturing Company, Inc., Roch- 4ester, N. YY.,'a corporation o'f New York Application April 5, 1934,-seria1N0..719,2o9 v '11 claims. (o1. 24-81) f This invention relates to collarbars.- C .One object of the inventionis to provide an ornamental and attractive collar 'bar provided with. reversely disposed `curved llevers having clasping portions Yat1their outer ends for clas'ping cooperation with theb'ar'ina manner as to permit a swiveling of the 'collar Von vthe wearer without danger of accidental'detachment of the bar from the collar and in whichfth'e two points of connection' of the J-clasp withthe collar maybe readily adjustedto regulate. the distance desired between the 'ends'Ofthe outer fold .of the collar.

Another object of the nventionresides'in the provision of acollar barV embodying a curvedouter member anda pair 'of' reversely curved side by sidel intersecting lor crossing levers easilyfinger operated and readily applied to or removed'from the collarand firmlyrheld in connected clasping relation with the collar without undue Wearlon 4.the collar. I f n With these and other objectsin vewthe inventionV consists in the construction and'novel combination-,and arrangement of; partshereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying: drawing, and'set forth inthe claimshereto appended and -illustrated in the' accompanying drawing,

, it being understood that ,various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construetion, within the scope ofthe claims, may bevresorted vto without departing from' theA spiritV of the invention or. sacriflcingany ofthe advantages thereof. l -f I In the drawing: lig.A 1 v is a perspective villustrating the clasp applied.

' Fig.v 2 isa rear perspective view unapplied. x

. Fig..3`f is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3- `-3 of Fig. 1.r 1 Fig. 4 is a transversesectional view on the line `4-`4ofFig.3. Fig.r5 is a perspectiveview Aof one of the operating levers. f

Figo is a side .elevation ofiaparticular.. type of the clasp of spring employed for'urgingl the clasping levers` into cooperative' clasping'relation `with the endsV ofthebaryand I ,f

Fig. 7 isan inverted plan vielw ofthe spring.

Referring now more particularly to" the accom-A panyingdrawing,r the reference' character'A indi'- Cates ra longitudinally curved `bar which is concavo-conveii in cross-sectionbetween its ends and including an intermediate* body portion 1 and oppositely extended taperingfportions V2 having broadened or spatulate shaped terminal clasping v body portion llof the bar AQ View l'of the invention,

gracefully into vone'another ytoolotain the aforesaid body, tapering'portions and spatulateshaped ends to provide forv effective ornamentationcalculatedto r'appeal to the` esthetic senses, and if desired, the bar? may `have its outer'fface provided such for instance, as shown in the drawing.l This bar 1 may be compose'dofl precious metal' or other suitable material. i Claspirig levers 'i and 5 cooperate withthe vbar A toattach the'barto-the opposite ends G jofi the outer flaps of a collar 7. These levers `are curvedandv reversely arranged'and have a conrmon pivot pin 8 to securethem side by side inter-'- mediate their endsbetween a pair ofears 9 e`X tending 'frorh 'opposite sidesgof the' intermediate Eachl of-the 'aforesaid cu`I ed leversrfl consists of an inner operating arm'portion l10 Aand an outer `clasping arm portion ll'andeachhas vend portions 3( This bar is preferablynarrow and the longitudinal side edges thereof merge With superficial embellishments or ornamentation, i

an innery groove l2 forming spaced 'flanges 1 3 from which project spaced perforatedears 12eV whichft between'the aforesaid ears 9 of the. vcurved bar A and through which y the aforesaid levers Ato pivotally mount ther levers on the bar.Y

`Asvvill be seen in` theaccompanying ldrawing.V each lever 4 and 5 hasv itsjouter clasping end incline from the inclined louter end dL of thejreispective lever and havingits outer surfacerounded or conveXed. More specicallmthebarbs each Apivot pinv 8 passes rtransversely ofthe Vbar vand consist of a sort of a conical shape 'having in'- 1 wardly inclined rounded ,side faces andan in;- wardly inclined rounded outer face" of greater length than said side Vfaces and a forwardly in vclined face, all of vsaid'inclined vfaces leading to a pointed end directedatj an inclination'from the respective lever towardthe inner faceof there,- spective spatulate end of the bar.

' The barbs are preferably sharp pointedto'co.'.

operate with the roughened inner flat face of fthe respective spatulate shaped ends ofthe bar A to :lirrnly grip the ends of thecollar; butowing tothe slight inclination and 't he rounded or con;-

vvexed outersurface of the barbs, they are pre;-

vented from piercing the collar directly `'transversely thereof-fand yet effectuallyA gripl the collar ends withoiutfdariger of piercinglioles inthe col-- lar or tearing the collar. The inner faces'ofjthe spatulate ends of thebar A need not necessarily be roughened but rougheni'ngof'such faces tends -to facilitate a rm gripping action onthe collar as will lbe understood.V

A peculiar type of spring B'mayrbeernployed,

e instead of the useroft'wo springs, for normally4 urging the outer clasping kends of thev levers: v4

and '5 towardthe fiat inner faces of the respec-k Y tive spatulate'terminal ends Vof theibarmA and to thereby maintain the outerclaspingf'armportions 1'1 of :the levers normally substantially' parallel with' the end portionsof the bar' A with the oper-f ating arm portion 10 of one-lever arranged at an angle to the other arm of the other lever. Vthe f levers intersecting or crossing each other at their pivotalpoint'.` t A s The inner faceszof the spsmletel shapedv ends of the bar A are'preferably flattened, as'at l5,ito broaden outlaterally to providebearingsurfaces forthewearers thumb or (finger to facilitate oper-` V'ation offthe levers andthese broadened bearingl portions* 15a may be'roughened, if desired, inany suitablemanner to prevent slippage of thewear-s ..ersfthumbjor finger whichever used to operate thelevers. Y Y

M The"l spring4 Bgfor urging thelev'ers and normally toL closedpesitions is rpreferably constructed of va singlev pieceof spring wire and obviatesthe Ynecessity 1of two .separate springs: for the vtwolle- Yvers. 'This single piece of spring` wire includes two, v,laterally spaced reverselycurved end portions 16 'and 1'7 connectedV by an intermediate curvedspac-v ing .portion18, the spaced reversely curved por-rv tionsl'overlapping in spaced'irelation'rtofform a passage 19 and amounting through'which the faforesaidrtransversely disposed pivotpin .8Y ex-` .tends with V said intermediate connecting portion l8'dsposedfagainst theinner face of the-'bar AV f Y Y andvwiththeterminal ends'of kthe respective re- Y versely curvedgportions 161.and V17., l5`rin'giinftheV longitudinal grooves 12 in; the; innerside ofj-the f AVrespectivelfzversi4 and `5.V p

, This typeofspringB YandV ftheV arrangement thereof witherelationto the pivot pin'B'and the Y levers 4 and 5- provides for an effective spring -f on the levers. `The pin 8 has loose mountingrin action throughout thelentire length of the spring thepassage 19 of the spring', permitting of more or less expansion and contraction of the spring Y "lengthwise-:incidentto thepivotalaction of the fsu 'levers on thespring. Vv'I'he curved con'nectingpor-V. Ytion 18 of the Yspringyhas a rocking movement w against the inner Aface ofthe ban-The result` is a movably; mounted spring and a consequent easy finger pressure operationnofthe levers and an effective spring pressed holding of the levers in cooperative clasping relationwith the bar. The

" y spring koperates by. reason of its shape and float- V ing mounting to respond to various'lateral-strains or movements of the levers.. on the pivot 8\ incident to nger operation ofthe levers or. dueto aV f swivelling action of thev wearers collar on' the bar ycollar'bar. j Y reference rougnened portiOnstO leffect claspedl at .theltwo points'tliereon.l l

`Thepresent collar bar permits natural use ofY the wearersfngers of the right and left hands in applying'andfad'justing the barzand thebarbs i constructedfand Yarrz'anged as lillustrated permits of a certain amount of swiveling and `adjustment ofthe wearersI collarf about the tvvo points Vof- Vconnec'tionof theholder tothe collar.v The ends of thecollarcan be brought very closev together and in the use of kilaring tips of the outer flaps of collars,V the tips or ends of; such `flaps can be readily adjusted to the outermost Vends of the be readily va'c'justed gripping actions and-the reference to serration of such portions is notan intention toA limit theV in vention to mere roughening k iyr m`eansV of serra-` f tions as'protuberances'or toothed faces are to be regarded as included under the term or roughened or'serrated faces as obviously a cooperatingv barb like the barbs 14 and 15 might be employed to pro-Y ject from the spatula shpedlends ofthe bar A' forcooperationfwith the said barbs of the'operat-j ing levers' 4 and 5. VVTeeth vmay ibe regarded as The views of the collar bar illustrated yare 101' falling within the idea of roughening the various surfaces.

somewhat exaggerated as to sizeand proportions n I vin order to'clearlyrillustratethe invention fand it will be understood'that the 'reverselycurved levers may be made of sheet metal or any other suitable backs of the levers or that the levers may be otherwise formed andprovided with thre'rear or back groovesp* Y j V It will also be .understood that the collarbar removingV theY holder froxn connection with the collar. The structure is Ysuch as to permit a ,c er- 'material and bent to provide ther grooves in the is light inweightand; permits of quiteianatural Y t use of the Aiingers ofthe rightandfleft hands in applying-.and adjusting the' holder las well as Vwhen tain amount of swivelling ofthe collarfcnithek wearer vvithoutv danger of thevholder becoming accidentally detached therefrom, sui`table`-adjustments Abeing possibleandfreadily'made yby the wearer, quite a rangepf; adjustments being 'per-A mitted so that the adjacent end edges of they collar may be brought veryclose together if i desired, orin the use of 'flared collar endsfthe ends may holdengff Z s. A The'roughening of various parts prevents Vslippage-Vandaccidental displacement of the holder with relationrto'the collar and while I have re.- ferred to vserrationsfifor roughemin'g` gripping pur-` fectiver gripping actions. y

What istclaimed,iszvk i H 1. An icle Yoi'thecharacter'described Ycomprising a bar including an intermediate body por# tion and taperingfend` portions having spatulate shapedY terminals constituting claspingjportions and having spaced ears projecting from said body portion, curved reversely disposed levers'pi'vted side by sidein said ears and each at itslouter endg V35VV tooutermostends of the having a barbV for cooperation'withfthe respective `spatulate shaped end clasping terminal l of :said bar,V and a spring movable longitudinally of said.

bar and saidle'vers .on theipivotjmeans ofvsaid levers and atY the end thereof 'engaging'the levers for urging the outer endsoi both of vthe'levers normally in clasping v.relation withk th'e spatulate`r shaped end terminalsof said bar.

V2.l An article ofthe-character.describedcorn; prising n a bar including an rintermediate body portion yand tapering end portionshavingspatu- `lat-,s shaped lternura-ns constituting transverses,

,enlarged clasping portions having inner fiat faces providingv :substantial *bearingv surfaces for enA gageinent with a vcollar and having spaced ears f n projectingV from saidxbodyportiom curved re- .I

versely disposed levers pivoted `side by side in ysaid ears against movement crosswise 'of said bar and each at'ts outer end having a'barb for. cooperation with the inner at faces of the respective spatulate shaped end claspinglterminal-of said bar, the inner ends of saidl levers each having 2a lateral projection sub'stantiallyinv the plane thereof to provide VStinger' bearing portions'of greater Width than the width ofthe levers,-and springlmeans fonthe pivot means of said levers engaging thel latter for urging the outer ends lof the levers normally in clasping relation with the spatulate shaped end terminals of said bar.

3. An article of the character described comprising a bar including an intermediate body portion and tapering end portions having spatulate shaped terminals constituting'clasping portions and having spaced ears projecting. from saidbody 'shaped end terminals of said bar.

4. An -article of the character. described vcomprising a bar having spatulate shaped ends provided with inner flat roughened faces, a pair of similarly formed curved reversely disposed levers pivoted on --said bar intermediate the ends thereof, the outerend of each lever having an inclined barb provided with a convex vouter surface andy adapted to cooperate v.with the'` respective ilatr roughened inner faces of the respective spatulate shaped endsof said bar, and means on the pivoting means and movable, expansible and contractible longitudinally of the bar and engaging the levers to normally urgethe barbed outer ends of the levers into cooperative relation with said ilat roughened ends of the bar.A y

Y 5. An article of the character described'comprising av bar having integral spaced'earsintermediate its ends, a pair of similarly formed curved levers reversely arranged sideby side between said ears and each lever having a tapered barb, a pin to pivot said levers in said ears, the back of each lever vhaving a longitudinal groove therein, and a spring having connected spaced portions loosely'embracing said pin with the connection between said spaced Vportions. ofgthe spring bearing against the inner face of the bar v and the terminals of the spring engaging in the grooves in the back of thel respective levers whereby to normally urge they outer ends oflthe levers into clasping cooperation with the ends of saidbar. r Y

6. An article of the character described comprising a bar having spaced integral ears intermediate its ends, a pair of similarly formed curved levers reversely arranged side by side between said ears, a pin to pivot said levers in said ears, the outer ends of said levers terminating adjacent the ends of said bar, the outer end of each lever having a barb directed toward-the respective end of the bar, the back of each lever having'a longitudinal groove therein, and a spring including Ythe levers normally in clasping 'whereby-to normally urge the outer ends Aof the levers into cooperative endsofthebar... m..

7. Anarticlezof the'character describedcomprising a bar,l a'painofsimilarly formed leversl 1 reversely arranged-and :crossing each lother in-f termediatetheir ends, each-lever at its outerend i havinga pointed barb, means for pivotally con.-v

vlongitudinally of the bar andlevers and loosely embracing said pivot pin-and having oppositely disposed terminals, one terminal engaging Vone lever and the other terminal engaging the `other clasping relationy With/the lever to thereby hold the barbs at the `Aouter ends of the levers normally in clasping relation'with.

said bar.

8. An article of the character described comprising a bar, a Apair of similarly formed levers reverselyarranged and crossing each other intermediate their ends, means for pivotally connecting the levers to the bar at their point of intersection including ears and a pivot pin, a spring having loose embracing relation with said pivot pin and having oppositely disposed terminals, one terminal engaging one lever and the other terminal engaging the other lever, said spring being expansible and contractible longitudinally of said bar and exerting pressure on said levers to thereby hold the outer ends ofthe levers normally in clasping relation with said bar, and a barb on the inner face of each lever at the outer 'end'v of the latter.

9. An article of the character described, comprising a longitudinally curved bar terminating in transversely enlarged spatulate shaped clasping portions having inner nat faces providing sub- '40 stantial bearing surfaces for engagement lwith a collar, curved similarly formed reversely arranged. levers pivoted on the bar intermediate the ends`V4 thereof, each lever including an. outer clasping arm portion and an inner operating arm portion and each having at its outer end an inclined barb extending inwardly toward the inner atrfac'e of Ythe respective spatulate shaped end of saidbar, and means forurging the barbed clasping ends spaced from and arranged substantiallyV parallel with the longitudinally curved bar and the operating ends of the levers curved sharply away from y, i the inner faceVv of thev longitudinally curved bar and spaced therefrom toa greater degree than the spaced relation between the clasping portions of the levers'and the longitudinally curved bar.

10.7An article of vthe character described comprisinga bar, curved leversreversely arranged and pivoted on the bar and having their outer ends terminating opposite the ends of the bar,

each leverat its outer end having an inclined barb extending inwardlytoward the bar', the outer and, side surfaces of each barb being rounded, and a single spring which is expansible and contractible lengthwise longitudinally of said bar and levers and which has sliding engagement at its yends with said levers to maintain the barbed outer ends of relation with the ends of said bar.

l1. An article of the character described comi of curvature of said curved taperingV portions dinally.V curved ,tapering *portions` terminating fini spatulate shaped terminals lyingAV in the plane formed .reversely :disposed cui-vedv` levers 'riveted side by side in said ears; eaehlever atits Outer-'endhaving ka barb, and spring means vbetween ,Said ears and operatingl on said levers to urgethe barbed .ends of therlevers into cooperative clasps-'4" ing relationwith therespective spatulate shaped ends of said eurvedjtapering; portions ofi-thebm;V 

